Laravel - When to use ->get()

Question

I\'m confused as to when ->get() in Laravel...

E.G. DB::table(\'users\')->find(1) doesn\'t need ->get() to retrieve the results, neither

Answer 1

find returns one row from the database and represent it as a fluent / eloquent object. e.g. SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 3 is equivalent to DB::table('users')->find(3);

get returns an array of objects. e.g. SELECT * FROM users WHERE created_at > '2014-10-12' is equivalent to DB::table('users')->where('created_at', '>', '2014-10-12')->get() will return an array of objects containing users where the created at field is newer than 4014-10-12.